This is the only web log to specialize in the declining use of the French language, both globally and within France itself. We use recent and less recent web articles, blog entries and books written in French, English, German and other languages to document the failure of costly Francophonie policies in- and outside France.

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1/01/2009

It's not only yours truly, more and more French are becoming unable to continue to deny their increasing loss of cultural radiance and their failure to establish their language as the other global lingua franca. It was to be expected from Gallic vanity that one of those would find in this sorry state of affairs another reason to blow their own horn:

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Hello, I'm the auteur of the poem (the one whom you don't ask permission before using it in extenso, but it's not a problem. Now you've got my permission.) However, I would like to answer about this utilisation...

1) You suppose it's a failure of the french foreign cultural policy... The politics can't change everything. This is the logical consequencies of the economic decline of France. France is now longer a great power as it was in the XIXth century. Despite this decline, the french culture is not dead yet in all Francophonie. (Litterature and Music from Africa are quite imaginatives) Off course, french is not THE dominant culture. But english will follow the same path when China will reach a dominant position.

2) You're talking about our "failure to establish our language as the other global lingua franca" This is not our will. The purpose of Francophonie is to encourage the french culture and contribute to cultural diversity. What's the problem with you ?? Do you think that French are ploting with jews and communists to control the World ??? ;-)

In your blog, I feel a kind of xenophobia or at least a hide hastred against "the french arrogance"... Why don't you fight against Inuits, Papous or Tibetans ? There langage may disappear too... Argl !! I hate them too ! They want us to learn inuit !! Tavvauvutit ! (goodbye in Nunavut)